Pension: gender gap among the French by scheme

Among retirees residing in France in 2020, women's direct pensions were on average 40.2 percent lower than those of men. Once the reversionary pension was taken into account, they earned 28.4 percent less.
However, while it is common practice to calculate the income gap between women and men from the male perspective, using the man's income as a standard, nothing prevents from adopting a women's perspective and relating this gap not to men's income but to women's income. Thus, while retired women living in France in 2020 earned 28.4 percent less than men in 2020, men had a pension that was about 39.5 percent higher than that of women. It is quite impressive that the lower figure has become prevalent in most documents and in the public debate.

Evolution of the gap in pension levels between French women and men between 2004 and 2020, by type of scheme and place of residence

Characteristic	Direct right (pensioners living in France or abroad)	Direct right (pensioners living in France)	Direct and derived rights (pensioners living in France)	Direct and derived rights (pensioners living in France or abroad)
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Sources

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

September 2022

More information

Region

France

Survey time period

2004 to 2020

Special properties

Retirees who received a direct entitlement during year y, residing in France or abroad, alive on December 31 of the year

Supplementary notes

The source adds the following information: "These data exclude people who received a one-time lump sum payment. Civil servants receiving a disability pension and having reached the minimum retirement age are included. The rights systematically include any associated increases for three or more children."

Citation formats